Orakpo's knee doesn't have ligament damage

Excellent tags.

Bad news for Baylor and aggy.

Collective sigh of relief.

Also, fucking el oh el on the tags.

OK, now where’s the picture of the block in the back on the punt return ya bunch cry babies. Fair and balanced people!

Oh yeah, ya’ll don’t subscribe to fox news there do you? hehe

Wow. Just… wow.

I like how the picture illustrates both holding and hands to the face for the players that are not double-teamed.

Jesus, there is also an OBVIOUS hands to the face on this play.

Dear I TT ON YOU and any other Tech fans here trolling,
If you read the various long horn sites there is practically no one saying the refs cost UT the game. NOONE! What we are saying is that the refs in the Big 12 do not call holding. We were complaining about his after we beat OU, so it wasn’t sour grapes then and it isn’t now. But we are pissed off that our best defensive player was injured because the refs flatly refused to do their job.

An officials primary responsibility is to protect the players. I don’t blame the TT offensive line for the junk they do, because the officials let them get away with it.

You call penalties for two reasons: to try and keep the level of play fair, and to avoid injuries.

At some point you have to take into account that simply ignoring the rules will lead to injury.

That’s one play honk. It didn’t happen every play, give me a break!

Just admit it, NoSackpo was owned and rented out by Rylan Reed the little he was in there. He made money comin and goin!

Oh my goodness. The stupidity of some of these Tech fans is really getting to me. I feel like I’m being infected with some sort of disease.

For the love of Pete, can someone, ANYONE find a rational, classy Tech fan (besides dedfischer)? Restore my faith in humanity.

I can give my opinion Sasha, and if you’ll read my comments again, you’ll see that they are classy.

My name however, is only classless if you take it personally or LITERALLY. It’s only a joke.
Get over it.

The lamest retort in teh history of teh internet is “It’s only a joke. Get over it.”

If you wrote something funny, we wouldn’t all be operating under the assumption you’re the poster boy for all that is douchey about Texas Tech.

Your a SENSATIVE bunch tonight.

Ah. A Tech grad.

TT on u.

I have the tape of the game and that big oaf held on almost every play. The only way he could stop Rac was to hold. If he goes pro he won’t get away with that crap.

Wow! Jay!

I hope you don’t DRIVE WITHOUT YOUR GLASSES AS WELL!

I am glad you have a tape of one of the best football games in BIG 12 history Jay.

TT: I went to Tech. Be a gracious winner. Texas played a hell of a game, and Orakpo is a terrific player. We would be happy to have him as a Red Raider. I am glad to hear that the injury is nothing serious.

Though I missed the play above, I noted a lot of holding and other extra-curricular activity going on throughout the game. I even commented on it during the live blog over on DTN. Leach has been very vocal in the past about the quality of the Big XII officiating. It hasn’t improved. It’s sad that the one holding call that was made (that I recall) was against Texas and it shouldn’t have been called. Williams just fell down.

Happy for the win, but it never tastes as sweet when the players end up injured and the officiating is a mockery.

I am glad he is not hurt, but I think as a precaution he stay off the field until after the Aggie game.

That was an obvious hold by Rylan Reed, and I have no doubt that the refs missed some holds on the Tech offensive line.

The thing that is obviously ridiculous is that you have a UT fan arguing that the refs need to call a fair game to protect the players. How did the refs protect the Texas Tech player that was blatantly hit in the back on Shipley’s punt return?

I’m no doctor, but I would consider a full speed hit to a players back a little more dangerous than a player having their arm around another player.

I understand your concern for the safety of Orakapo and your upset that he was injured on the play, but don’t forget that a Tech player was blocked in the back, he received no flag for his effort. Luckily for everyone he wasn’t injured.

Someone send that pic to the Big 12 office with a big F##@ You attached to it

Tim. Again missing the entire point of the post. He is nothing if not consistent.

Blown calls happened both ways. But you’re talking about one play versus repeated, consistent, flagrant holding by the Tech o-line. The block in the back shouldn’t have happened, but to justify the complete lack of calls of holding by using that is ridiculous. You certainly didn’t see Texas repeatedly "blocking in the back" just because the refs missed that one call.

The entire point is that if Tech had been called on holding even twice, the injury might never have happened since logic would imply that your offensive line would be smart enough not to keep penalizing their team.

And his arm just isn’t "around" Orakpo. He is in the process of literally shoving him to the ground.

Tim if you watch the punt return closely, you’ll see there were two different Tech players blocked in the back.

After following the link here earlier, and reading these CRY BABY WHINERS, I went back to watch the game and see for myself. I hit resume on my DVR and saw the second half kickoff. On the third play after half I saw Texas’ #71 holding Tech’s #57 Brian Duncan.

No Further research was needed.

And to you nm99, I haven’t said anything derogatory here, but they’ve insulted me many times.

I’m actually a fan of Mack and McCoy as well. I think they have a fine football team that could very well still be national champs.

I just don’t like these lame excuses after they’ve been beaten fair and square.

Trust me on this, I ABSOLUTELY HATE IT EVEN MORE WHEN IT COMES FROM A TECH FAN! I talk to them the same way.

By the way texas fans, just saw the replay of the play that orackpo got hurt on. Rylan WAS NOT HOLDING ON THAT PLAY! Oracpo was doing a spin move to his right when his knee gave in and he fell into Reed’s arms. That exactly what happened. He hurt himself!

And just so you know, I was at the game with some friends. When Quan got hurt, I was the first in our section to put my Guns Up in honor of him. A friend said “that may help us” and I told him that I hoped he was ok and that none of your guys would get hurt,
so that there would be no excuse after the game. You can’t root for injuries! My friend said nothing about it after that.

Is this guy 15 years old, or just baiting people?

I speak the truth.

“Is this guy 15 years old, or just baiting people?”

Just relax, it’s just something we have to put up with every 6 years or so in between all the ass kickings we give them. They’ll go away soon enough, probably starting this weekend.

15 might be generous.

I TT ON U must be steven’s half brother.

One of the nice things about a loosely moderated forum is that people can truly express themselves. Some of those people have the talent of biting sarcasm and witty insightful posts. Others think ‘sensative’ is a word. It favors the former over time.

Did the kid from here in Austin commit to Tech? The WR?

Hey Tim you mean Rak fell into his arms like these here??

LOL!!! In that second pic, Rylan must be trying to make sure Rak doesn’t fall forward!! What a considerate young man he must be, looking out for our player’s well being and all…..

Hopefully he will be as good as the last WR from Austin High was for OU.

you mean the kid we would only offer a grey shirt to? yeah, he committed to tech. i like blake though… i hope he does well at tech.

I’m new to the site and just wanted to say I enjoy reading all the stuff on here, even though I go to Tech. As far as the game, we held quite a bit and the refs didn’t call it. But at the same time UT played witht he same officials. If I’m UT’s coaches, I’m probablly going to tell my O-line to hold back. And don’t be so quick to forget we got shafted in Austin last year guys. That door swings both ways. I honestly wouldn’t be suprised to hear that Leach told the O-line that since they were Big XII refs, see if we can get away with it. You hate to see guys go down, and especially with a knee injury. Thankfully Orakpo’s okay.

Oh, and Dick, it’s the condescending-prick-I-am-God’s-gift-to-the-world UT fans such as yourself that make this win so much sweeter for fans like me. The fact that this was the Horns’ year to make another run at the MNC, only to lose to us, makes me smile bigger than you can imagine.

To rest of the good and decent UT fans out there, I have a feeling I’ll know how you guys feel here in about 3 weeks. I can see us beating the Pokes, but I don’t think we have a snowball’s chance in hell of winning in Norman.

Ps. The stuff with T. Boone and Gundy was priceless. . . “Gundy, I want to hit you with this oil derrick paper weight.” Oh man, that had me rolling.

Hey TechFan06 – Texas was NOT expected to make a run at the MNC. Nobody….NOBODY expected the Horns to be in the national title picture. The majority of (realistic) Horns fans predicted 2-3 losses.
Now 2009….the national title is more realistic. Remember you lose Harrell, Crabtree, and several linemen. And probably Leach as well – so you can expect a good ol’ butt whoopin’ in Austin next year. Remember those wonderful mediocre years (like under Spyke)??
THE University of Texas = the flagship university in Texas.

“And don’t be so quick to forget we got shafted in Austin last year guys.”

Yeah, those reviews that were conclusive really cost you a game Texas ran away with.

DP, every Horns fan I know said you guys would win by 2 TDs. All we heard all week was same Tech offense and no Tech Defense. I said but no, not this year, yet nobody believed me. I said we either lose by 2-3 TD’s or win on the last posession.

And you honestly want to tell me that after the gauntlet of OU, MIZZOU, and OSU, you didn’t think you guys would beat us? After us, who else is left? The Jayhawks? We hung 63 on them. So I don’t buy that you guys thought you’d have 2 or 3 losses. Maybe at the beginning of the season, but certainly not after the start you had.

I know we won’t be as good next year. I don’t live in a fairy tale world. However, I disagree about Leach. News came out today that the admin will be renegotiating his contract after the season, even though he has 2 more years on it remaining. This year could be the one that really helps out our recruiting and maybe we can start getting the level of players that UT and OU have. Obviously not the number, but hopefully talent wise we can comepete.

I guess I just want you to realize that I’m not one of the kids that lives in the fantasy world and thinks we’re at the same level with UT and OU. We’re not and I know that. Just don’t get mad when there comes a day that we will be. Like I said, I really think this year could really help out our program talent wise, but only time will tell.

TG, I’ve already said that I wasn’t really impressed with the officiating Saturday night. All I was saying is the door swings both ways. And Texas ran away with the ’07 game in the 4th quarter. Basically what you want is to be able to make excuses but when I say something that is a mirror of yours, that particular game was automatically in the bag.